(a) There is hereby established in the City of Alliance a non-owner occupied housing data base which shall be administered by the City of Alliance and shall constitute a public record. All owners of non-owner occupied residential premises shall register each property and each tenant with the data base on a form prescribed by the City of Alliance. This form may include, at a minimum, the following information: (if known) owner, tenant, address, date of last inspection, length of term of lease, the signatures of each owner and tenant, and may include any additional information as prescribed by the City.
(b) The City shall also provide opportunity for landlords and tenants to comment/respond to lease terminations or other matters regarding the subject premises. Any comments/responses submitted by a landlord or tenant must be in writing and contain the signature of the person submitting such comments/responses. These comments/responses shall be on a form that will conspicuously display the language:
“This information shall be a matter of public record and available to any person so requesting said information.” |
The form shall also contain language substantially similar to the following:
“The City of Alliance accepts no responsibility for the truth, accuracy or veracity of the comments/responses submitted by landlords and/or tenants.” |
These written comments shall be maintained by the City for a period of not less than five years.
(c) The data base may be supplemented with additional information from other public records, as the City so determines in its sole discretion.
(d) There shall be no fee for the information provided or contained in the data base; except however, any requests for public documents and/or records in which records or documents are actually produced shall be accompanied by the appropriate fees for reproduction of records or documents as provided by the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 61-98. Passed 5-4-98.)